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authorKarel Zak2017-11-22 12:31:58 +0100
committerKarel Zak2017-11-22 12:31:58 +0100
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lsblk: add hint about perms to man page
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ command reads the
.B sysfs
filesystem and
.B udev db
-to gather information.
+to gather information. If the udev db is not available or lsblk is compiled without udev support than it
+tries to read LABELs, UUIDs and filesystem types from the block device. In this case root permissions
+are necessary.
.PP
The command prints all block devices (except RAM disks) in a tree-like format
by default. Use